Hide Shorts, Reels, Stories & Sponsored – YouTube, Facebook & Instagram

Hide Shorts, Reels, Stories, Videos, Sponsored, Ads & Explore on YouTube, Facebook & Instagram — without blocking the sites.

Take Control of Your Social Media Hide the distracting parts of YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram without blocking the platforms you still need. Choose exactly what you want to hide and keep the rest of your browsing experience intact. Hide YouTube Shorts, Facebook Reels, Stories, Sponsored Posts, Ads, and Videos, plus Instagram Reels, Stories, and Explore to create a cleaner, more focused browsing experience for work, studying, deep work, or everyday browsing. Whether you're a student, developer, remote worker, creator, or productivity enthusiast, Hide helps you reduce social media distractions, stop endless scrolling, and take back control of your attention with simple one-click controls. Key Features YouTube • Hide YouTube Shorts from the homepage, feed, and navigation Facebook • Hide Facebook Reels from your timeline and feed • Hide Facebook Stories • Hide Facebook Ads Posts • Hide Facebook Sponsored Posts • Hide distracting Facebook Videos Instagram • Hide Instagram Reels from your feed and navigation • Hide Instagram Stories and the Stories tray • Hide Instagram Explore links and the Explore grid Smart Blocking • Opening a hidden content link — YouTube Shorts, Facebook Reels, Stories or Watch, or Instagram Reels, Stories or Explore — takes you to that platform's home page instead • Hidden videos are paused so they don't continue playing audio in the background • Smooth Instagram feed — hidden Reels and Stories become compact placeholders so your feed keeps loading instead of stalling or jumping back to older posts More Control • Focus Mode to reduce distractions and improve concentration • Simple one-click controls for each platform • Dark / Light / Auto Mode • Lightweight and fast • Privacy-friendly — no data collection • Clean and modern interface Why Use Hide? Short-form content is designed to keep you scrolling. YouTube Shorts, Facebook Reels, and Instagram Reels, Stories, and Explore can interrupt your focus and create endless distraction loops. Hide helps you: • Stay focused while studying or working • Reduce mindless scrolling • Create a cleaner YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram experience • Improve concentration and digital wellbeing • Build healthier browsing habits Focus more on what matters — and less on algorithm-driven distractions. Your privacy matters. Hide does NOT: • Track your browsing activity • Collect personal data • Store user information • Sell or share your data Everything runs locally in your browser for a fast and privacy-friendly experience. Changelog v2.4 • "Hide Sponsored" is now "Hide Sponsored & Ads" — the name matches what it already does. • Now clears ads from the main feed, not just the sidebar. • Hidden feed ads collapse into a small "Sponsored post hidden" card instead of vanishing, keeping the feed scrolling smoothly. Sidebar ads are removed outright • This filter now starts turned off — it's the one you opt into. Every other filter is still on by default, and current users keep theirs on v2.3 • Fixed filters not restoring their default enabled state after reinstalling the extension • New filters now respect existing user preferences instead of enabling automatically • Fixed popup opening wider than its content, removing the extra empty space v2.2 • Added a "Hide Sponsored" toggle • Removes sponsored posts from your sidebar • Removes ad posts (partially) from your feed • Stopping any ad video audio along with them v2.1 • Fixed Facebook videos continuing to play audio in the background after being hidden — hiding a video now stops it instead of only removing it from view • Fixed Hide Videos also hiding Facebook Reels: the Reels tray, reel posts, and reel pages now stay visible unless Hide Reels is turned on • Hide Videos no longer blanks a Facebook reel opened from its own link, and switching between reels and normal pages now updates instantly v2.0 • Added Instagram support: hide Reels, Stories, and Explore • Smooth Instagram feed — hidden Reels and Stories become compact placeholders, so the feed keeps loading instead of stalling or jumping back to older posts • Added an Instagram tab and app icon to the popup v1.9.1 • Fixed Facebook filtering issues on newer Facebook routes and subdomains • Improved Reels, Stories, and Watch blocking reliability for desktop Facebook pages • Fixed Youtube Shorts visibility issue v1.9 • Added an Auto option to the popup theme switcher so Light, Dark, and device-based theme selection work from the same control • Updated Facebook Reels and video selectors for more reliable hiding on newer Facebook markup v1.8 • Added an optimized lightweight build system for faster performance and cleaner extension packaging • Improved dynamic content filtering and navigation handling for YouTube and Facebook pages • Enhanced reliability when blocking Shorts, Reels, Stories, and distracting content during page refreshes • Refined popup UI with dedicated Focus Mode, Shorts, Reels, and Facebook Stories icons • Improved toggle-row alignment, icon sizing, and overall visual consistency • Minor UI polish and performance optimizations for a smoother browsing experience v1.7 • Complete popup UI redesign with a modern card-based layout • Improved toggle rows, tabs, and CTA sections • Enhanced usability and cleaner visual hierarchy • Better responsive layout and smoother interaction experience v1.6 • Added Dark Mode / Light Mode toggle • Improved popup accessibility and visual consistency • UI enhancements and smoother interactions v1.5 • Added tab system for organizing YouTube and Facebook controls • Improved navigation and settings management v1.4 • Performance optimizations and faster execution • Enhanced privacy and Chrome Web Store compliance updates • Internal stability improvements v1.3 • Improved modal interface and toggle system • Added active status indicators and count display • Refined modern UI components v1.2 • Added option to hide Facebook Stories v1.1 • Hide Facebook Reels “See more” button • Redirect Facebook Reels page to homepage v1.0 • Initial release